Mr.
Joshua da Silva and Mr. Gesareo Goncalves were driving
in Goncalves' car. At ten A.M. when they were less than
fifty kilometers from Passo Fondo, da Silva spotted a
silver metallic spherical object resembling the planet
Saturn, replete with ring. They estimated the object which
had a "brushed metal" surface to be six to eight
meters (twenty to twenty six feet) in diameter.

Source:
APRO Bulletin, Nov. 1978

"TWO
PHOTOS FROM BRAZIL" (excerpt)
APRO Bulletin, Nov. 1978

On
the 12th of May, 1976 Mr. Joshua da Silva and Mr. Gesareo
Goncalves were driving in Goncalves' car from Iteri to
Passo Fondo, Brazil. At ten a.m., when they were less
than fifty kilometers (thirty-one miles) from Passo Fondo,
near the Jacui River, da Silva spotted a silver metallic
spherical object resembling the planet Saturn, replete
with ring.

Gesareo
drove slowly toward it until they were abreast and it
was approximately twenty meters (one hundred and thirty
feet) distant. They estimated the object which had a "brushed
metal" surface to be six to eight meters (twenty
to twenty six feet) in diameter.

When
abreast of the object, Goncalves stopped the car while
da Silva turned and fumbled in a bag in the back seat
for his Kodak Rio Camera which was loaded with color film.

When
the car stopped, the object began to descend. Da Silva
snapped one photo, rolled the film and snapped another,
whereupon the object began moving into the Northeast,
increasing its speed as it went, until it was out of sight.
It was gone in just seconds.

Technicians
at El Globo, one of Rio's newspapers, examined the negative
and said they could find no evidence of a hoax.

It
is interesting to note how closely the Janusas and da
Silva photos resemble the Trindade photos of 1957.